Using the New Content-Aware Move and Interactive Blur in Adobe Photoshop CS6

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Extending objects with the Content-Aware Move tool

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This excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book shows you how to use the new Content-Aware Move tool in Adobe Photoshop CS6 to add a few more posts to the beach photo project, so that they echo the deck rails, creating a smoother rhythm for the composition.

Adding
interactive blur

Photoshop CS6 introduces interactive blurs, which let you customize the blur as you preview it on your image. You’ll apply an iris blur to add a vignette around the glass.

Choose Filter > Blur > Iris Blur.

A blur ellipse is centered on your image. You can adjust the location and scope of the blur by moving the center pin, feather handles, and ellipse handles. Photoshop also opens the Blur Tools and Blur Effects panels.

Drag the center pin so that
it’s on the right side
of the wine glass.

Click the ellipse and drag
to enlarge the scope of the
blur.

Press Alt (Windows) or Option
(Mac OS) as you click and drag
the feather handles to match
those in the diagram below.

Click and drag next to the
focus ring to reduce the amount
of blur to 6 px,
creating a gradual but noticeable
blur. You can also change the
amount of blur by moving the
Blur slider in the Iris Blur
area of the Blur Tools panel.

Choose File > Save As. Name the file Glass_Final.psd, and save it in the Lesson05 folder. Click OK if a compatibility warning appears. Then close the file.

You’ve enhanced five images, using different techniques to adjust lighting and tone, remove red eye, correct lens distortion, add depth of field, and more. You can use these techniques separately or together on your own images.